Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors of Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.

Background: Intraoperative cardiac arrest (ICA) during liver transplantation (LT) is a rare surgical complication that results in devastating outcomes. Moreover, previous worldwide studies have found inconsistencies in the risk factors associated with ICA in LT.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients who underwent LT between January and October 2021 at Siriraj Hospital, a tertiary care hospital.